{"id":11989,"date":"2019-07-19T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T18:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:12:30","slug":"carolyn-clabo-promotes-digital-accessibility-at-carolina-its","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/carolyn-clabo-promotes-digital-accessibility-at-carolina-its\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Clabo promotes Digital Accessibility at Carolina (ITS)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carolyn M. Clabo, Digital Accessibility Liaison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolyn Clabo<\/a>, our newly appointed Digital Accessibility Liaison, has been engaged with the technical facets of digital content (Plone and WordPress content management systems) since 2015 and with digital accessibility since 2017. Going forward in her new role beginning in 2019, she will be advocating for ITS training sessions among faculty, students, staff, and trainees to enhance digital inclusivity.<\/p>\n

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What is digital accessibility?<\/h2>\n

The web is a powerful and increasingly necessary way of connecting and the world. In order to provide equal access and opportunity to all, we must do our part to make the UNC School of Medicine websites accessible to everyone. Continue reading this article for content editors from the School of Medicine ITS.<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Accessibility Liaisons<\/h2>\n

Digital Accessibility Liaisons (DAL) advocate for an accessible experience that enhances usability for everyone. They promote digital accessibility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within their unit. Acting as the main contact for their unit helps to scale up the Digital Accessibility Office\u2019s (DAO) outreach efforts across campus. Each liaison is a volunteer who wants to learn and promote digital accessibility best practices.<\/p>\n

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Our Liaison<\/h2>\n

Our new department Digital Accessibility Liaison, Carolyn Clabo<\/a>, has been attending monthly meetings with UNC Information Technology Services (ITS) since 2017. She is part of the Digital Accessibility office (DAO) working group responsible for establishing UNC\u2019s policy and standards for Digital Accessibility. Initially, there were only four Digital Accessibility staff members hired in ITS to serve the UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s 13,000 employees and 31,000 students and forty liaisons slowly joined the working group which later grew much larger to serve across the university.<\/p>\n

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Carolyn will be our point person and can provide information on resources that are available here at UNC. Ms. Clabo is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, EDUCAUSE, and HighEdWeb Association.<\/p>\n

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Articles and resources<\/h2>\n

Please read the Digital Accessibility office launches at ITS<\/a>. For the DAO Office website and resources please click here.<\/a> Join the next informational meeting to hear an overview of what the office does, the progress it has made on campus since its launch, and why it\u2019s so important for UNC to be digitally accessible.\u00a0 Read more about the liaison program.<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Accessibility at UNC-Chapel Hill<\/a><\/h2>\n

Click the link in the title above for details about UNC policies, tools, services, and training opportunities.<\/p>\n

The offices of\u00a0Accessibility Services<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Equal Opportunity\/ADA Office<\/a>\u00a0offer other resources for the Carolina Community, such as information on accommodations. The offices work closely with the\u00a0Digital Accessibility Office<\/a> to support the accessibility of digital content, resources, and technology.<\/p>\n

Upcoming training<\/h2>\n

Want to make sure that your website, course, software, or videos are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, but don\u2019t know where to start? This training is for you.<\/p>\n

In the Digital Accessibility Awareness<\/a> training<\/strong>, you\u2019ll:<\/p>\n